Economics / Markets

Millions of public sector workers would have their pay protected under Liberal Democrat plans.

The Conservative party has promised a range of cuts if it wins power in the general election in May.

Ashmore has seen further outflows during the first quarter of the year, as investors continued to take money out of emerging market products.

With less than four weeks to go until the general election, wealth managers and strategists give their view on how investors should be positioned.

A Labour government would further reform the retirement market so pension providers "put savers first", the party has said in its manifesto.

Party leader Nick Clegg has set out Lib Dem plans to pay off the deficit by 2017/18.

Labour has pledged that each of its policies will be fully funded and need no extra borrowing, as it launches its manifesto on Monday.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said large funds are not the sole contributors to systemic risk issues and has called for asset managers to be subject to stress tests.

Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to buy BG Group for £47bn in one of the largest deals of all time.

The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has estimated the economy grew by 0.7% in the first quarter of the year and will "gather momentum" over the next quarter.